Ryan is a disabled gamer living with fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis. Partaking in his favorite hobby, gaming, has not always been easy, but Ryan always found a way to make it work. He was an avid PC gamer, but it wasn’t long before the pain and other symptoms of his illnesses took hold and he […]
For this month’s AbleGamers Community Feature, we wanted to do something a little different, so we handed the mic right to our community member, Ronnie. Ronnie has a story worth sharing straight from his heart, and we let him do just that. My name is Ronnie. I go by SkizzleTheWicked and Skizzle4AbleGamers on Twitch. Everyone […]
AbleGamers took part in TwitchCon 2018, which took place in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. This year’s conference took place October 26th through October 28th. AbleGamers participated in the Tiltify Charity Plaza, allowing the streaming community to come visit and network with AbleGamers staff face to face. Not only […]
We at AbleGamers know just how important it is to keep the gears turning when it comes to accessibility in gaming. 2018 was a big year for our charity and accessibility in general — just look at the Xbox Adaptive Controller! But we want to do better and we want to go bigger. Though we […]
Every Quest to Game campaign starts different, yet ends the same: with a happy gamer able to rejoin the gaming community. When people think about the needs of veterans, rarely do they consider hobbies, a necessary form of entertainment and escape from the troubles of the real world. Walter is one of these cases. As […]
AbleGamers debuted the most recent revolution in accessible controllers at the GDEX 2018 Expo, where we also presented an award for Most Accessible Game at the show. A recurring presenter as well as a partner in GDEX, AbleGamers has attended all six past conventions and was happy to attend the latest event. AbleGamers had the […]
This month, we sat down with Susan, a gamer with a unique mission: help make games more accessible for deaf gamers. Susan, or OneOddGamerGirl, as you may know her, has been gaming since the 80’s, but her passion was reignited only a few years ago in 2014. What started out as a hobby, turned into […]
Shining a light on our community is what keeps us in the know and allows us to recognize our amazing and inspiring community for the amazing individuals that they are. This month, we sat down with streamer Mike Begum, a.k.a. Brolylegs, as you may know him, to talk about what makes him tick. We […]
Video Game Charity Teams Up with Microsoft, Humble Bundle and HyperX to Provide CHNOLA Patients with Disabilities the Tech to Run, Jump, Fly and Play in a Virtual World CHARLES TOWN, WV – AbleGamers Foundation — the leading charity organization using the power of gaming to break down the barriers of economic and social isolation for people with […]
In 2009, Mark Barlet and Steven Spohn sat in a Boston hotel room at an accessibility conference with some of the greatest accessibility engineers in the business including, Adam Coe, CEO of Evil Controllers, and Ben Heckendorn, viral hacking genius. The group took to the task of figuring out what a controller would look like […]
